Yes, if I did switch to Vivaldi again, I’d probably keep Firefox installed just in case.
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I was planning on it…there’s always something where you need another browser to access.
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I remember using this in our Sun Solaris lab during college, experimenting with Geocities to create a webpage and chatting using Alamak. 
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I was working in a production environment with that just two years ago (is it oracle now?). I really liked the OS and its unique filesystem. It was the frontend for some cutting edge equipment. Not sure about it as DD.
Last time I used Floorp it looked like they made FF a shiny, round-cornered Chrome browser. Didn’t strike me as resembling FF at all. But that was about a year ago. I thought LibreWolf was much more to my mindset. Good post.
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Ya, I think it’s oracle now.
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Vivaldi gets a lot of praise from people who like customization, privacy controls, and all the built-in features. But at the same time, there are a few reasons why some folks are cautious or a little skeptical about it.
One of the big concerns comes from the fact that Vivaldi is not fully open source. Parts of it are open, like the Chromium base it sits on, but much of its custom interface code is proprietary. For people who are very serious about open-source software, that makes them uneasy. They like to be able to inspect all the code and verify there are no hidden issues. With Vivaldi, you have to trust the company for parts of it.
Another concern has to do with the business model. Vivaldi is a small, independent company. Some users worry about what happens if it ever gets sold, shuts down, or needs to find new ways to make money. Unlike Firefox, which has a nonprofit foundation behind it, or Chromium, which is Google-backed, Vivaldi’s long-term future depends on a small team and its own finances. That makes some people nervous about investing deeply in it.
Then there’s the fact that Vivaldi is built on Chromium, which means it still depends heavily on Google’s underlying engine. While Vivaldi strips out a lot of Google’s tracking and adds its own privacy features, some users feel that anything tied to Chromium always has some level of Google influence hanging around. For people who want to be completely independent of Google, that’s not ideal.
Finally, some people are simply wary because Vivaldi tries to do so much. It adds email, notes, calendar, feed readers, and tons of customization options. For some, that feels bloated. They worry about performance, stability, or having so many built-in features that might not all get long-term support.
To be fair, most of these concerns don’t affect the average user much. Vivaldi is actually quite good at what it does. But for people who are very privacy-minded, very open-source-focused, or very minimalistic, these are the things they bring up.
I switched from Firefox to google-chrome-stable to brave to Vivaldi during my over two decades of using Linux. This was written inside Vivaldi. It is my preferred browser.
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I get the concerns about Firefox’s funding being largely supported by Google, and that it might affect Mozilla’s independence. But honestly, Firefox has been a crucial player in keeping the browser market competitive and protecting user privacy in ways that big corporations often overlook.
Yes, Google has funded Firefox for a long time, but that support has helped keep Firefox alive and evolving as an open-source project. Without that backing, I worry Firefox wouldn’t be where it is today.
Sure, alternatives like Vivaldi are interesting and worth trying, but they face similar or even bigger challenges when it comes to sustainable funding. FOSS projects often struggle because many users don’t donate enough to support long-term development.
For now, I’m sticking with Firefox because it balances performance, privacy, and openness better than most browsers out there. It’s not perfect, but it’s still a vital choice in a landscape dominated by a few giant companies.
If you’re thinking about switching, it’s good to explore options—but I believe Firefox still deserves support and a chance to grow.
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I’ve only just spotted that you can edit and add the tracking & ad blocking sources in Vivaldi. Time to give it another go…
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Personally I use Zen
I think these strange polices applies only to firefox not the browsers that is based on it
Correct me if I am wrong
My absolute favorite thing about Vivaldi, which I’m using as my main browser now, is the fact that I can turn on my VPN with a click of a button or have it automatically click on as soon as I open the browser! It also, most importantly, allows me to watch Prime videos online.
you can do that with every browser for example Firefox
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Playing around with Vivaldi a few days. I can’t find a setting that allows me to delete cookies on exit. Do I really have to do this manually on a whim? Do you have a suitable solution for this?
And where do you put the filter lists in Vivaldi. Sorry for dumb question, but I’m still learning how to handle Vivaldi 
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The setting is in Privacy and Security > Website permissions > Cookies > Session only
About filter lists I don’t have a clue.
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Settings->Privacy and Security->Tracker and Ad Blocking then hit the “Manage Sources” button.
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Got t. Thank you both @dalto and @mardi
You really have thousands of settings. I’ll have to take a closer look. But Vivaldi makes an excellent impression in itself
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@swh To add to what @mardi said. Under there you have “Global Permissions”, you can then set “Cookies” to “Session Only”. Than if you have specific websites where you want to save cookies, then you can make excludes for that.
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It reminds me a bit of KDE 
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Except with Vivaldi I can at least find the settings I’m looking for.
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Yes, that search box in the top left is impossible to find
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You don’t really need a search with Vivaldi, since the settings are all categorized logically in my opinion, it’s still nice to have if you want to get somewhere fast. I’m not going to comment more on KDE Plasma because I don’t want to go more off-topic, except I don’t think you can really compare a web-browser to a desktop environment.
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